Courtesy of Linn CountyJosh Lee ShaddonAn autopsy conducted over the weekend found that multiple stab wounds caused the death of a Linn County woman.

On Friday, the county sheriff's office has arrested Josh Lee Shaddon, 31, and accused him of killing his 48-year-old mother, Gerlene Arlis Thorne, at her home in Brownsville.

Sheriff Tim Mueller said that Josh Lee Shaddon remains in the county jail in connection with the death at Thorne's home in the 35200 block of Blakely Avenue.

According to a news release, a shooting was reported by a caller who said a man had shot his mother and fled in a sport utility vehicle with three young boys.

Deputies located a green Chevrolet Tahoe in the area and stopped it. Shaddon was driving and three children were unharmed inside. Two of the boys, ages 4 and 2, are the suspect's own children. The third child, aged 6, is a nephew. All three children were returned to their mothers.